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Weekly Fishing Report for May 27

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AUSTIN — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Full report available at txfishing.com.

Braunig Lake

Hot spots: Key to fishing activity is current. When the power plant is generating, fishing will be the best.

Facilities: Entrance fee. The concession building is OK. Piers good. Docks are usable. Restrooms are pitiful.

Contact: Concession stand, (210) 635-8289.

Freshwater

AMISTAD: Water clear; 73 degrees; 1.31 feet low. Black bass are excellent on topwaters, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on RedFins, crankbaits, and topwaters. White bass are fair on crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are slow. Catfish are very good on cheesebait, shrimp, and nightcrawlers over baited holes. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch near rockslides.

BRAUNIG: Water stained; 75 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds and near the dam. Striped bass are excellent on liver and perch off points. Redfish are fair on perch, shad, tilapia, crawfish, and silver spoons. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam.

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 75 degrees; 9.75 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon Skip-N-Pop topwaters, weightless wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks with chartreuse tails, and white/chartreuse spinnerbaits along lake and creek points and at Apple Head in 8-12 feet at first light. Striped bass are fair on topwaters and Rat-L-Traps, jigging white Curb’s bucktail jigs, and drifting live bait on the surface over 20-30 feet near the Lighthouse at first light. White bass are fair trolling Shad Raps and jigging Pirk Minnows and Tiny Traps over rock piles in 20-30 feet. Crappie are good on minnows and Curb’s crappie jigs over brush piles in 12 feet. Channel catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on juglines and trotlines baited with goldfish and minnows.

CALAVERAS: Water stained; 75 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs between the dam and the crappie wall. Redfish are excellent down rigging silver and gold spoons in 10-20 feet, on live perch, tilapia, and crawfish near the power lines, and on live bait along the crappie wall. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, bait shrimp, cheesebait, and shad. Blue catfish are good on liver and cut shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 72 degrees; 0.76 feet high. Black bass are good on watermelon red Whacky Sticks on shaky head jigs, tomato red JDC grubs, and Texas rigged watermelon red finesse worms along bluff ledges in 8-16 feet early. Striped bass are fair vertically jigging white Curb’s striper jigs and 1oz. Pirk Minnows in 40 feet. White bass are slow. Smallmouth bass are good on root beer/green JDC curl tailed grubs and craws, and smoke/red tubes on ball jigheads in 10 feet on main lake points and ledges. Crappie are fair to good on Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows upriver around submerged brush piles over break lines. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on juglines and trotlines baited with live bait.

CHOKE CANYON: Water murky; 76 degrees; 3.11 feet low. Black bass are good on deep running crankbaits and watermelon red lizards, and fair on spinnerbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Drum are fair on nightcrawlers and spoons. Channel and blue catfish are good on punchbait. Yellow catfish are fair on cut bait.

FALCON: Water clear; 77 degrees. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and shallow running crankbaits. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good under bridges. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and frozen shrimp.

LBJ: Water stained; 76 degrees; 0.37 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon Curb’s Erratic jigs, watermelon JDC Skip-N-Pop topwaters, Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, and weightless watermelon red Texas rigged Whacky Sticks along riprap on seawalls and break lines of flats in 6-10 feet early. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows and white Curb’s crappie jigs over brush piles in 12 feet. Channel catfish are good on minnows and dipbait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and carp.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 76 degrees; 1.53 feet low. Black bass are good on chrome topwaters, watermelon worms, and smoke grubs in 8-24 feet. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on white grubs and minnows in 20-32 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows and pink tube jigs in 10-25 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 6 pounds are fair on fresh cut bait and nightcrawlers in 22-38 feet. Yellow catfish are slow.

Saltwater (north to south)

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Waders have taken good catches on reefs on soft plastics. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on topwaters and live shrimp in Oyster Lake.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are good on topwaters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp. Trout are good in the surf and at the jetty.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good in the guts and channels on free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on topwaters and croakers.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp. Trout are good in the surf.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on topwaters around rocks and grass. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Redfish have been found in knee-deep water.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on topwaters around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and while anchored with natural baits at East Cut. Offshore is good for red snapper and kingfish.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are good from the shallows in South Bay and Mexiquita Flats. Jack crevalle, redfish and trout are good at the jetty on live bait.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp and in Airport Cove. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats in Laguna Vista on topwaters and live shrimp.